Prevx Research Division
CAP.EXE
System Back DoorThe most common objects with the name of CAP.EXE are considered safe.
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Associated Malware Groups
The unsafe files using this name are associated with the malware group:
- System Back Door
File Behavior
CAP.EXE has been seen to perform the following behavior:
- Found on infected systems and resists interrogation by security products
- Executes a Process
- Can communicate with other computer systems using HTTP protocols
- The Process is packed and/or encrypted using a software packing process
- Terminates Processes
- Writes to another Process's Virtual Memory (Process Hijacking)
- This Process Deletes Other Processes From Disk
- This process creates other processes on disk
- Creates system tray popups, messages, errors and security warnings
- Uses low level functions to hide itself from the user and from system/security processes
- Adds products to the system registry
CAP.EXE has been the subject of the following behavior:
- Executed as a Process
- Created as a process on disk
- Deleted as a process from disk
- Created as a new Background Service on the machine
- Has code inserted into its Virtual Memory space by other programs
- Terminated as a Process
- Copied to multiple locations on the system
Country Of Origin
The filename CAP.EXE was first seen on Oct 13 2007 in the following geographical regions of the Webroot community:
- Spain on Oct 13 2007
- Russian Federation on Oct 13 2007
- Latvia on Mar 2 2008
- India on Mar 2 2008
- Saudi Arabia on Mar 4 2008
- Germany on Mar 8 2008
- The United States on Oct 22 2010
- Indonesia on May 21 2011
- Taiwan on May 21 2011
- Macedonia on May 22 2012
File Name Aliases
CAP.EXE can also use the following file names:
- YEM[1].EXE
- YEM.EXE
- PADAWAN_YODA.EXE
- ADDONS/CAPS/CAP.EXE
- VACTION.EXE
- CHECKCAP.EXE
- RSD 0.533 CAP6/CAP.EXE
- USDOWNLOADER/CAP.EXE
- RSD_0.521_CAP/CAP.EXE
- USD/CAP.EXE
- CAPSCR.EXE
- RSD_0.532_CAP_5_2_/RSD 0.532 CAP 5/CAP.EXE
- 45330816.EXE
Filesizes
The following file size has been seen:
- 673,568 bytes
- 65,536 bytes
- 897,024 bytes
- 307,712 bytes
- 351,232 bytes
- 856,064 bytes
- 667,648 bytes
- 892,928 bytes
File Type
The filename CAP.EXE refers to many versions of an executable program.
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